Morocco · Desert Adventure

1-Day Camel Trekking Tour in Erg Chebbi with Overnight Desert Camp

1 Day Round trip from Erg Chebbi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Ride a camel for one and a half hours across the dunes of Erg Chebbi
02 Watch the sunset from the high dunes of the Sahara
03 Spend the night in an equipped desert camp with traditional Berber drum music
04 Enjoy dinner around a campfire beneath a star-filled desert sky
05 Wake up to a glorious sunrise over the dunes before returning to Merzouga

Come for this overnight camel trekking bivouac tent stay tour in Erg Chebbi, one of Morocco's several ergs - large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. Board a camel from Merzouga, a small Moroccan town in the Sahara Desert near the Algerian border, and enjoy a one-and-a-half-hour ride into the desert. Spend the night in camp with traditional Berber drum music, a campfire, and starry skies, and enjoy a glorious sunset and sunrise over the dunes.

Spend the night in an equipped camp with music played on traditional Berber drums in the middle of the Sahara.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 1 Day

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Budget

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Merzouga, Erg Chebbi

Languages Arabic, English, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Camel Trek into Erg Chebbi and Overnight Desert Camp

Pick up from the Merzouga guesthouse around 5:30 pm.
Enjoy a 1-hour-and-30-minute camel ride in the desert. The camels will be packed with food, drinking water, and blankets.
Arrive at the camp and walk to the high dunes to see the sunset.
Spend the night in an equipped camp with music played on traditional Berber drums in the middle of the Sahara.
See the night sky filled with stars that sparkle and shine with intensity.
Have a wonderful dinner around a campfire.

Ride the camels back to the Merzouga guesthouse in the morning.

The route